The in basket: Jay Hendrick writes, “With all the news about
traffic lights on the Bucklin Hill Road, there has been no mention
about the objects that look like cameras on those lights. If those
are traffic cameras, are they in
operation? If they are there for red light runners, why not
place
some at the most flagrant location of red light runners that
being
Silverdale Way and Bucklin Hill?
The in basket: Jay Hendrick writes, “With all the news about
traffic lights on the Bucklin Hill Road, there has been no mention
about the objects that look like cameras on those lights. If those
are traffic cameras, are they in
operation? If they are there for red light runners, why not
place
some at the most flagrant location of red light runners that
being
Silverdale Way and Bucklin Hill?
“I see vehicles run through red lights almost every time I have to
wait at that location,” Jay said.
The out basket: Those are traffic detection cameras, the same as
those in several places up on Myhre Road in Silverdale. County
signal techs prefer them to the in-pavement wires that detect metal
mass to tell the signal there are cars waiting. They’re a lot
easier to repair.
Only the city of Bremerton has any active plans for red light
enforcement cameras here so far.
